AOpen I865Gm-7L/7N User manual

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................3

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5

2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................6

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ............................................................... 8

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9

Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9

Installing CPU Fan .....................................................................................10

Connecting CPU and System Fans ...............................................................11

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12

Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel............................................13

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................14

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................16

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 17

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency.............................................................17

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................18

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................19

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot..............................................................21

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................22

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported (1000Mbps for i865Gm-7L)........................23

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Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................24

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................25

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................26

Connecting COM2......................................................................................27

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................28

Connecting Case Open...............................................................................29

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................30

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865Gm-7L/7N) .............................................31

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865PEm-7N/i800Pm-7N)................................32

LED Indication ..........................................................................................33

3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 34

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 35

Other Useful Features ................................................................................35

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 36

Introduction .............................................................................................36

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................37

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................37

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................38

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 40

6.1 Installing Drivers....................................................................................... 41

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 42

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 43

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 44

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................45

Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................45

Technical Support......................................................................................46

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1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.

Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal

needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance

to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it

well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to

our website at http://www.aopen.com to download the updated file.

Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly

manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers.

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1.2 Features of This Manual

To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain

conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

1.3 Safety Information

This contains knowledge you should know in process

of assembling, or some helpful tips.

This tip tells you some useful information that will

make your installation smoothly.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It

highlights mistakes that occur often during

assembling, or something you need to pay attention

to.

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit

before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object

that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please

make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard

or other components.

Note

Warning

Warning / Caution

Warning

Tip

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Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 16. IrDA Connector

2. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 17. COM2 Connector

3. SYSFAN1 Connector 18. AGP Protection LED

4. LGA775 CPU Socket Supporting Intel

FC-LGA4 CPU

19. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots X 3

5. Intel 865G/865PE/848P/ICH5 Chipsets 20. AGP 8X Graphics Slot

6. CPUFAN Connector 21. USB 2.0 Connectors X 2

7. 184-pin DIMMs X 2 22. Diehard BIOS Lite

8. FDD Connector 23. Serial ATA Ports X 2

9. 24-pin ATX Power Connector 24. SYSFAN2 Connector

10. IDE Connectors x 2 25. Front Panel Connector

11. Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip (for i865Gm-7L)

Realtek 10/100 PCI LAN (for 7N series)

26. STBY LED

12. CD_IN Connector 27. Case Open Connector

13. Realtek AC’97 CODEC 28. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

14. Front Audio Connector 29. BOOT LED

15. S/PDIF Connector

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

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2.2 Specification

Here are the main specifications of your motherboard.

Models I865Gm-7L/7N I865PEm-7N I800Pm-7N

CPU

Intel LGA775 CPU

Socket T

800/533MHz

Intel LGA775 CPU

Socket T

800/533MHz

Intel LGA775 CPU

Socket T

800/533MHz

Chipset

Intel 865G

Intel ICH5

Intel 865PE

Intel ICH5

Intel 848P

Intel ICH5

Main Memory

Dual Channel Mode DDR

400/333/266MHz

DDR DIMM x 2

DIMM Type:

128/256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory: 2GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR

400/333/266MHz

DDR DIMM x 2

DIMM Type:

128/256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory: 2GB

Single Channel Mode DDR

400/333/266MHz

DDR DIMM x 2

DIMM Type:

128/256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory: 2GB

Graphics

Integrated VGA Engine in

chipset

AGP 8X slot

Support ADD card

AGP 8X slot AGP 8X slot

IDE & SATA

Integrated ATA100 and

Serial ATA Controller

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB

[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Integrated ATA100 and

Serial ATA Controller

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB

[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Integrated ATA100 and

Serial ATA Controller

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB

[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

LAN

Realtek Gigabit PCI

LAN Controller (7L)

10/100 PCI LAN (7N)

Realtek 10/100Mbps PCI

LAN chip

Realtek 10/100Mbps PCI

LAN chip

Sound

Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support Dolby

Digital system and 5.1

Channel

Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support Dolby

Digital system and 5.1

Channel

Realtek AC'97 CODEC

onboard, support Dolby

Digital system and 5.1

Channel

USB

Integrated in chipset

USB2.0 x 8

Integrated in chipset

USB2.0 x 8

Integrated in chipset

USB2.0 x 8

Slots

AGP x 1

PCI x 3

AGP x 1

PCI x 3

AGP x 1

PCI x 3

Back Panel

I/O

PS/2 Keyboard x 1

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4

LAN Port x 1

VGA Port x 1

COM Port x 1

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1

Line_In x 1

MIC_In x 1

PS/2 Keyboard x 1

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4

LAN Port x 1

COM Port x 1

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1

Line_In x 1

MIC_In x 1

PS/2 Keyboard x 1

PS/2 Mouse x 1

USB Port x 4

LAN Port x 1

COM Port x 1

Printer Port x 1

Speaker_Out x 1

Line_In x 1

MIC_In x 1

On Board

Connector

Front Panel x 1 / Front Audio x 1 / CPU FAN x 1 / System FAN x 1 / Chassis FAN x 1

Power FAN x 1 / Power Temperature Connector x 1 / Case Open Connector x 1

CD_IN x 1 / IrDA x 1 / COM2 x 1 / USB Port x 4

BIOS

Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM

BIOS

Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM

BIOS

Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM

BIOS

Board Size

244 mm x 210 mm 244 mm x 210 mm 244 mm x 210 mm

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2.3 Block Diagram

Intel

865G/

865PE/848P

chipset

DIMM Sockets x2

DDR400/333/266 Dual Channel RAM Up to 2GB

(i800Pm-7N supports Single Channel Mode only)

Intel

LGA775

CPU

800/533MHz

System Bus

AGP bus

(i865Gm series support ADD card)

(Gigabit LAN is for i865Gm-7L)

VGA Onboard

ICH5

32-bit PCI Slots x3

PCI Bus

Serial ATA Ports x2

150MB/s

IDE Drives x 4

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

ATA

33/66/100

4Mbits Flash

EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Ports x2

USB Ports x8

Floppy Disk

Drive

AGP 8X Slot

Realtek

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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

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1. Installing CPU

2. Installing CPU

Fan & System Fan

3. Installing

Memory Module

4. Installing HD,

CD-ROM and

SATA Disk, etc

6. Connecting ATX

Power Cable

5. Connecting Front

Panel Cable

7. Installing AGP & PCI

Cards

8. Installing Other

Devices (USB, Front

Audio, etc)

9. Connecting

Back Panel Ports

(Keyboard,

Mouse, etc)

10. Loading

Default BIOS,

Setting CPU

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11. Installing

Operating System

(such as, Windows XP)

12. Installing Drivers &

Utilities

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3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports FC-LGA4 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package

developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

1. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper

interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the

socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket plate and lever to finish CPU installation.

Note: It’s strongly recommended by

Intel to use thermal paste properly to avoid

over-heat generated from Prescott CPU.

CPU socket plate

Socket Pin 1

Golden

arrow

CPU socket

lever

Plastic cap

Warning: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU golden arrow well,

you may damage the CPU. And please don’t

touch CPU socket pins when installing CPU.

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Mounting

hole

Mounting

hole

Installing CPU Fan

1. Gently put down the CPU fan on CPU socket with four sticks aiming correctly

to the four mounting holes.

2. Press down four fixing sticks into the holes one by one. Make sure the

sticks are firmly fixed into the holes.

Note: The picture above may look different from the product

you purchased.

Fixing

stick

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Connecting CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 4-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,

you can also plug chassis fan in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

Note: Some CPU fans

do not have sensor pin so

that they cannot support fan

monitoring.

CPUFAN Connector

PWM

SENSOR

GND

+12

SYSFAN1 Connector

GND

+12

SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND

+12

SENSOR

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Installing Memory Modules

Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down

firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Note: The tabs of the

DIMM slot will clip to hold the

DIMM in place when the DIMM

touches the slot’s bottom.

Tab

Pin 1

Key

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Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel

To obtain the highest performance of Dual Channel, the configuration of DIMM

must meet the following conditions.

Matched DIMM configuration in each channel

● Same density (128MB~1GB)

● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16)

● Either single-sided or double-sided

When dual channel mode is successfully enabled, the screen will show “Dual

Channel Mode Enabled” while entering POST screen.

Note: Using memory modules of different

chip and density will cause system unstable.

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Secondary

Slave (4th)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

Primary

Master (1st)

Primary

Slave (2nd)

Pin 1

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy

connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong

orientation may cause system damage.

ATA 66/100 IDE Connector

IDE 1 (Primary)

IDE 2 (Secondary)

FDD Connector

Pin 1

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Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding

pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED

will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing, which is a 2-pin female

connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power

switch connector marked SPWR.

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Power

1

Front Panel Connector

GND

Power LED-

GND

Power LED+

GND

NC

GND

RESET

GND

NC

+5

HDD LED

+5

GND

NC

SPEAKER

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Foolproof latch

Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown

below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend

you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector.

Note: If your chassis

supports only a 20-pin ATX

power cable, please face the

foolproof latch and plug the

20-pin ATX power cable

leftwards into the on-board

24-pin ATX power connector

as shown leftwards.

+12V

Ground

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3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage

automatically during power-on and the range is from 0.8375V to 1.6V. It’s not

necessary to set CPU core voltage.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design; you can set CPU frequency by 1MHz

stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB clock

x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now sold in market belong to "Fixed Multiplier".

That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but change CPU FSB clock to

achieve overclocking only.

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

(Users will do the overclocking at their own risks!!)

Processor Number Processor Frequency

FSB CPU Ratio Cache

5 Series

580 4.00G 800MHZ 20x 1MB L2

570 3.80G 800MHZ 19x 1MB L2

560 3.60G 800MHZ 18x 1MB L2

550 3.40G 800MHZ 17x 1MB L2

540 3.20G 800MHZ 16x 1MB L2

530 3.00G 800MHZ 15x 1MB L2

520 2.80G 800MHZ 14x 1MB L2

3 Series

350 3.20G 533MHZ 24x 256K L2

345 3.06G 533MHZ 23x 256K L2

340 2.93G 533MHZ 22x 256K L2

335 2.80G 533MHZ 21x 256K L2

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on th

e

market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly fo

r

your references only.

CPU Ratio 8x, 10x… 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x

CPU FSB (Adjustment

manually)

FSB = 100MHz-400MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

Warning: Intel 865G/865PE/848P chipset support maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4)

system; higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

Note:

Some CPU

fans do not

have sensor

pin so that

they cannot

support fan

monitoring.

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Connecting Serial ATA

To connect a serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect

two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and

the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable.

Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers

to define a master or slave disk. When serial ATA hard disks are installed on serial

ATA ports, the one connected on Port 0(SATA 1) will be set as the first boot device

automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA1 SATA2

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Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting

Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest

serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial ATA hard

disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie

in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work

properly.

After installing your hard disks properly, you can directly go to BIOS setting

screen for adjustment. Simply pressing “Integrated Peripherals

Æ

OnChip

IDE Device

Æ

On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose your preferable mode. If you

have no intention of changing its original setting, the default would be Auto.

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If you desire to change the default setting,

press Enter for selection list:

Disabled:

You can choose this item if

there are only traditional IDE hard disks

had been installed on your system.

Disabling this item will also cancel the

detection of serial ATA hard disks during

POST, which will theoretically speed up

your boot-up time a little bit; however,

please remember to re-adjust the setting here if you want to use serial ATA hard

disk later.

Auto:

This is factory default setting on this motherboard. Basically, if your system

functions properly, it is unnecessary to change it. The system will automatically

recognize the first hard disk on IDE1 as first boot device.

Note: Please be informed that when you are using Windows98/ME with

the capacity of all six hard disks being installed, the Auto mode will not

function properly. It is because Windows98/Me is not able to energize

Enhanced Mode to detect all hard disks.

Combined Mode:

If you have traditional IDE hard disks and serial ATA hard disks

installed at the same time, then you can choose this mode. Under this mode, you

can randomly choose either IDE hard disks or serial ATA had disk as your first boot

device. But please note, serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way, which

means it will occupy one of the IDE Channel and leave you one IDE Channel only.

Enhanced Mode:

If you are using the latest operating system (say, Windows XP,

Windows.NET Server), it is highly recommended that you select Enhanced Mode.

Under this mode the system will detect all six devices (traditional IDE x 4, Serial

ATA x 2) completely and function perfectly. But please note that traditional IDE is

set to first boot device under this mode.

Note: According to practical lab tests of us, there are no obvious

problems or mistakes happened when we set this mode under

Windows2000 operating system; however, it is not recommended by

Intel.

SATA Only:

You may select this mode if you install serial ATA hard disks only.

This mode also allows you to select booting sequence from Port0 (SerialATA1) or

Port1 (SerialATA2).

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